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over_clox, to fuck_cars in Never wait in the school car line again. Here’s how. For the first time in decades, a small but critical mass of children are riding their bikes safely to school again in the US.

I rode my bicycle to school one day when I was 15 years old. Technically it was illegal, as I had to ride over a bridge where it’s illegal for bicycles or pedestrians.

But I got away with it, safely no less. 👍

yonder,

In North America, I’ve never seen a bridge in my area be restricted from bicycles. I’ve only seen restrictions on the freeway.

over_clox,

Exactly. You can’t legally cross the freeway bridges in my area unless you’re in a vehicle. Which makes it legally impossible to get from the north side of the city to the south side of the city, unless you’re either in a vehicle, or you break the law.

NarrativeBear,

The American dream!

over_clox,

That’s not the only time I crossed one of those two bridges on a bicycle. One time I stopped at the peak of one of them, to take a couple of photos.

Cops gave me the bullhorn and said “You need to get off this bridge boy!”

At least they didn’t arrest me, but they might have been worried if I was about to do something stupid…

No, I just wanted a couple photos.

yonder,

The bridges in my area that go over the freeway do technically allow for bikes and they even have a painted lane, but it feels horrible biking there with cars going past at 80km/h in a lane skinnier than my bike handlebars.

over_clox,

In my area, the bridges are the freeway, running over rivers. So, there ain’t much option, unless you dare challenge the law, just to get to the other side of town. If you don’t have a motor vehicle anyways…

CaptainKickass, to fuck_cars in Never wait in the school car line again. Here’s how. For the first time in decades, a small but critical mass of children are riding their bikes safely to school again in the US.

Let’s see a study of children killed or injured vs not waiting in the car line…

Convenience vs mortality

Nouveau_Burnswick, (edited )

School drop offs increase danger to children.

A joint study released by York University, The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto cites dangerous drop-offs on the opposite side of the road, cars stopped blocking traffic and double parking as cause for concern regarding the rise in collisions

We observed that in 88 per cent of the schools that we went to look at and with each additional behaviour it put kids at a 45 per cent increased risk of having a pedestrian collision

Of course the best mitigation measure:

If you can, walk your kids to school. Let your kids walk to school. The more kids walk, the fewer cars, the less chance of one of them being hit by those cars

globalnews.ca/…/school-drop-off-areas-pose-higher…

Edit: study proper: news.yorku.ca/files/driver-behaviour.pdf

CaptainKickass,

Well sure, when a bunch of dumbass behaviors like opposite side of the road are mixed in with drop offs there would of course be problems

Citing explosions in a dynamite factory as proof of your assertion is dubious at best

Nouveau_Burnswick,

And what do you think is causing the dumbass behaviours?

acetanilide, to usa in Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers: The rapid expansion of state voucher programs follows court decisions that have eroded the separation between church and state.

I find it interesting that the same people who say college is too expensive to publicly fund will support these programs where some K-12 tuition is as much or more than college tuition

silence7,

The fact that it’s right-wing religious schools getting funded is why.

cybersin, to climate in NYC had a bold plan to tax drivers and fund transit. The governor killed it. What would have been America’s first congestion pricing experiment has been delayed by Gov. Kathy Hochul

The goal should be to improve public transit so it’s more convenient than owning a vehicle.

Car travel is already bad, trying to make it even worse is a losing battle.

silence7, (edited )

Congestion pricing tends to make it a lot better though, since people aren’t stuck in traffic all the time.

There’s a reason it tends to become quite popular a few months after implementation

cybersin, (edited )

Congrats. Make it so poor people can’t afford to drive, so public transport becomes “only for poors” and never gets the funding it needs.

silence7,

That’s not who is objecting; you can’t afford to park on lower Manhattan if you’re poor.

cybersin,

The proposal was to charge a fee for entering a zone in Manhattan, not parking.

silence7,

If people are driving in circles in the already-super-congested Manhattan traffic instead of going somewhere and parking, then yes, they shouldn’t be doing that.

cybersin, (edited )

The government has the power to make changes. When there are solutions available that benefit everyone, going with a punitive alternative that does not address the fundamental issue is bad policy.

silence7,

The fundamental issue is too many cars. Congestion pricing reduces the number of cars, which gets at the root of the problem.

cybersin,

We should instead ask why people are choosing cars over public transport, then address those issues. The number of cars are only a symptom of the problem.

silence7,

There are lots of answers to that, but the basic one is that we’ve allowed too many cars into a space which can’t handle them. A congestion fee changes that, by actively discouraging them.

winety, to climate in A year of record global heat has pushed Earth closer to dangerous threshold

we’re all going to die

silence7,

Or…we could actually push politicians to do more.

Junkhead,

They’re not going, we need to do so much more then push but many of us are too scared (which i understand) or are subservient to the system that perpetuates those that are leading the climate crisis.

SteefLem, to climate in Could spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet? An experiment in Alameda, Calif. highlights the controversy surrounding research on altering the environment to cool the planet.
@SteefLem@lemmy.world avatar

Well no. But… it would kill all plants so thats a bonus

TropicalDingdong,

Aizoaceae has entered the chat…

silence7,

The idea is to increase the amount of salt in the air over the ocean. It probably won’t kill all plants.

SteefLem,
@SteefLem@lemmy.world avatar

Things you put in clouds or water will come down to earth

silence7, (edited )

They do. And done right, it’ll come down over the ocean, and have a rather minimal impact in the amount of salt being transported to land.

There are other reasons this is a really bad idea; this is one where the harm is probably limited.

Akasazh,
@Akasazh@feddit.nl avatar

And done right…

See, we don’t have the best track record on that particular aspect of this.

over_clox,

Clouds move ya know. I’m not exactly sure why, but I’ve heard people on the television call it ‘weather’, or something like that.

Gsus4, (edited )
@Gsus4@mander.xyz avatar

That actually sounds good, I just dont know how they will spread salt periodically over the millions of square kms needed to make a difference on the Pacific’s albedo without a huge carbon footprint.

Fiivemacs, to climate in Could spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet? An experiment in Alameda, Calif. highlights the controversy surrounding research on altering the environment to cool the planet.

Watch it work and cool the planet…but then we get salt water rains and it kills all vegetation that it touches resulting in an even worse fate.

MachineFab812,

That’s not how precipitation works.

futatorius,

First thought I had reading that article was “soil salinity.”

braindamagebuddy, to buyitforlife in Why you should spend more money on underwear

Soo… What underwear are actually worth buying then? It doesn’t seem like there are too many recommendations.

s3rvant,
@s3rvant@lemmy.ml avatar

In a similar thread years ago there was a recommendation for Exofficio brand which I bought a few of to try out and have since replaced all of my underwear with. Their boxer briefs are fantastic.

HEXN3T,
@HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I’ve gone with MeUndies after a sponsor spot in a YouTube video that was actually good. They do tons, like TONS of different designs. Pricey, but made extremely well. Plus, all of the packaging is recyclable.

They also have a subscription model that’s literally just pairs for a discount monthly, and you can select a random design.

Desmond373,

Been using me undies myself for just over 6 years. Theyre started to break down over the last year. One complaint i have is the purple lining they use for the elastic seems to leave a mark around my waist. I’ve been waring them inside out to accomidate.

I’ll be trying some lttstore undies soon. Hopefully theyre similar quality but slightly longer lasting.

evasive_chimpanzee,

Personally, I’ve been a fan of saxx. Expensive, but I’ll try and get a new pair if I see them for half off.

To be honest, for everyday wear, I’ve got cheap costco brand underwear that’s lasted me probably 200 wears. I only use non-cotton underwear for athletic activities, though, so that cuts down on a lot of wear and tear.

I’ve heard good things about Duluth trading company, but never tried them.

onion,

Schiesser is outlasting every other brand I’ve tried so far

TootSweet, to climate in Could spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet? An experiment in Alameda, Calif. highlights the controversy surrounding research on altering the environment to cool the planet.

Yes. There’s no possible way this could go wrong.

/s

BlueLineBae,
@BlueLineBae@midwest.social avatar

Starts frantically building a train to house what’s left of humanity.

over_clox,

Your train will rust away in the salty rain…

Nougat,

*Trolley.

BlueLineBae,
@BlueLineBae@midwest.social avatar

Pretty sure Snow Piercer is a train…

variants,
Atelopus-zeteki, to climate in Could spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet? An experiment in Alameda, Calif. highlights the controversy surrounding research on altering the environment to cool the planet.
@Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run avatar

Why is there no "controversy" about destroying the planet, ongoingly with petroleum products?

homesweethomeMrL,

It’s the WaPo. They report to you the republiQan talking points in their best liberal-npr-radio voice.

fishos, (edited )
@fishos@lemmy.world avatar

Because we’re being wise enough to question if this might have unintended consequences. For example, it might just shift the problem elsewhere and cause more severe draughts for someone else. Just a hypothetical to point out why people might not be immediately onboard with this.

Tho, fun fact, California has been doing this kind of stuff since at least the 60’s. It’s called cloud seeding and we’ve had numerous programs running. They just never got much attention. But technically, the chem trails conspiracy is based in a bit of truth. It’s just not every airplane, but it’s happening. A quick Google search will give you tons of government pages about it. It’s not a secret.

Peppycito, to climate in Could spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet? An experiment in Alameda, Calif. highlights the controversy surrounding research on altering the environment to cool the planet.

Didn’t that just happen with the Tonga eruption? I guess they wouldn’t be adding all the water though.

silence7,

Tonga pumped water into the stratosphere, not just the troposphere.

mozz, (edited ) to climate in Deaths mount and water rationed as India faces record heat | Reports of heat-related illnesses and deaths have surged across the country as daytime highs hover around 120°F and nights remain over 90°F
@mozz@mbin.grits.dev avatar

It’s starting. We’re not even into summer yet. And next year will be worse, and the year after that will be worse than that, with no particular safety measure or merciful limit.

And even when it reaches a protein-denaturing threshold and people start dying for real, by the thousands or more, we'll still be burning gasoline, setting new records for "production."

sinkingship,

If Im not mistaken, Delhi’s hottest month isn’t in peak summer but in May and June, so now. As the climate is largly influenced by the monsoon season.

Next year also doesn’t necessarily need to be worse, now going from an el niño into a la niña makes that somewhat unlikely, although regional differences will probably make some places worse, compared to this year.

Please correct me if I’m wrong, but people may be already dying by the thousands. Isn’t it rather difficult for a doctor to point down the reason of death to heat?

If not next year, it will get worse rather quick, that’s for sure. Much, much worse.

Yearly1845, to usa in The hail in Texas was so big Tuesday that it required a new description

Americans will measure with anything other than metric.

Madison420,

Fine the size a DvedD.

jol,

And the title is hilarious. What should we call balls this size?? We don’t have a name for it! We need a new name for it!!

Imagine if hurricanes had different names for different speeds instead of Cat N. This is a horse speed hurricane. This is a cheetah speed hurricane. This one is 2.5 bullet train hurricane.

hglman,

You do realize hurricane categories are pretty arbitrary and certainly not metric.

jol,

But they are one scale

Pat_Riot, to politics in Several PA House Republicans boo officers who defended Capitol on Jan. 6 | Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell were invited to PA’s House of Representatives — but several GOP lawmakers booed and walked out
@Pat_Riot@lemmy.today avatar

The party of Back the Blue, ladies and gentlemen (and everyone else too). Witness the party of law and order.

APassenger,

Law and order never meant what many heard.

Law and order keeps people in their place. It’s an argument for an old status quo.

It never meant following or enforcing the laws. It’s privilege saying it doesn’t want to budge.

gravitas_deficiency, to usa in The hail in Texas was so big Tuesday that it required a new description

“DVD-sized” for fucks sake is this serious?

And then they say “larger than grapefruit”. Ok so it’s “large grapefruit” sized? Which is about the size of a DVD? Jesus fuck.

Why is everyone dumb :(

quindraco,

DVDs just aren’t bigger than grapefruits.

hglman,

Especially in Texas, grapefruit is the largest citrus crop in the state and so very large grapefruit are regularly available. Also DVD are very thin and light which makes my immediate reaction that these are less dangerous hail somehow.

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